Saturday, September 21, 2013

Review- STITCHED VOL. 2

STITCHED
VOL. 2 (Avatar Press, 2013;
Softcover)

Collects
Stitched
Nos. 8-13 (cover
dates August, 2012- March, 2013)

Writer:
Mike Wolfer

Artist:
Fernando Heinz Furukawa

Colorist:
Digikore Studios

Dare
I say it, but I enjoyed this as much if not more than Volume 1. While
Furukawa's artwork isn't as polished as Mike Wolfer's was in Volume 1
(issues 1-7), I found the story to be maybe a bit more cohesive than
the Wolfer/Ennis collaboration on Volume 1. Maybe I am just more
comfortable with the premise this time around, or maybe the change of
locales was a breath of fresh air. Either way, this was like an
ancient black magic cursed Jurassic Park.

A
wealthy collector offers to buy the half dozen remaining “stitches”,
as they are called. As he is discussing terms with the seller, he
informs the seller that he is well aware of what they are and how
they became what they are. We get the full scoop on them in this arc,
as well as a helluva surprise toward the end.

As
is the case with all Avatar Press titles, this is over the top in
terms of gore and violence, but what do you expect? All ages reading
this is not, and I am happy for that. While I believe that superhero
comics which have toys marketed to children should be accessible to
all ages, I have no such compunctions about Stitched. It's not
like my son is begging me to buy him a Stitched lunch box at
Target.

Junk
Food For Thought rating: 4 out of 5.

The
OCD zone- Like Ferals, Volume 1 was offered as a hardcover
and a softcover. Like Ferals, this series suffers the same
fate of not having a hardcover offered because of low sales. Thanks a
lot, stupid comic book buying public! You scurry around like rats for
3D covers but can't buy Stitched in hardcover. Thanks to you clowns
not buying more copies of Volume 1, my shelf now suffers with a
softcover following a hardcover. I lay awake at night, counting the
rotations of my ceiling fan, asking myself Why does God hate me?

DVD-style
Extras included in this book: A cover
gallery in the back of the book with the following variant covers-

Stitched
No. 9 Gore variant

Stitched
No. 3 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 4 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 5 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 6 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 7 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 8 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 9 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 10 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 11 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 12 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 13 wraparound cover

Stitched
No. 11 Gore variant

Paper
rating: 4.5 out of 5. Decent weight glossy coated stock paper. It
works for modern material.

Binding
rating: 4.5 out of 5. Sewn binding on a softcover? Yes please.